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Collection name Charles Acton Collection: Box 59 (1976-78)
Unique identifier Acton Gift 59
Description Collection of individual programmes and festival booklets from the Wexford Opera Festival from 1976-78.

Festival programmes:
20/10/76-30/10/76: Contains a timetable for all the events happening during the festival including concerts.
10/78: 27th Opera Festival: Contains a timetable for all the events happening during the festival including concerts.

Programmes:
23/10/76: Theatre Royal, Wexford: Frederica von Stade with Ed Spanjaard. Part of the 25th Wexford Festival Opera. Contains biographies on the performers and programme notes. Word book.
30/10/76: Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rowe Street: Choral and Orchestral Concert by the Wexford Singers and the Radio Telefís Éireann Symphony Orchestra. Contains biographies on the performers and programme notes.
2/11/78, 4/11/78: Mr. White's: The Hesketh Piano Trio. Part of the Wexford Festival Opera 1978. Contains biographies on the performers and programme notes.
28/10/78, 30/10/78 (plus duplicate): Theatre Royal: Benjamin Luxon accompanied by David Willison. Part of the Wexford Festival Opera 1978. Contains biographies on the performers and programme notes. Word book.
4/11/78: Chruch of the Immaculate Conception, Rowe Street: Choral and Orchestral Concert: Wexford Festival Singers, the Wexford Children's Choir and The RTE Symphony Orchestra. Part of the Wexford Festival Opera 1978. Contains biographies on the soloists and programme notes and delineates members of the choirs.

Leaflets:
20/10/76-31/10/76 (plus duplicate): 25th Wexford Festival Opera.
25/10/78-5/11/78 (plus 2 duplicates): Wexford Festival Opera 1978.

Flyers:
24/10/[year unknown], 31/10/[year unknown]: Saddler Bar, White's Hotel: Festival Poetry and Song.
26/10/[year unknown]-29/10/[year unknown] & 2/11/[year unknown]-5/11/[year unknown]: The Great Southern Hotel, Rosslare: Gala Festival Dinner/Cabaret 'Music for the Operas'.
25/10/78: Wexford Festival Opera: 'Maxwell Harrison is ill, the role of Pedro in Tiefland will be sung by Jon Andres [continues with biography]'.

Poster:
[Year unknown]: White's Hotel, Wexford: Festival Programme: 'The "Inn" Place'.

Unassociated ephemera:
22/7/78-29/7/78: Fishguard Music Festival. Leaflet: timetable for events held as part of the festival.

Collection also contains correspondence, tickets, press releases, press cuttings, a press pack for the 'Boys of the Lough' and photographs.
Date range 1976 - 1978
Associated People and Organisations Acton, Charles - Andres, Jon - Boys of the Lough - Fishguard Music Festival - Harrison, Maxwell - Hesketh Piano Trio - Luxon, Benjamin 1937 - RTÉ Symphony Orchestra - Spanjaard, Ed - Stade, Frederica von - Wexford Children's Choir - Wexford Festival Opera - Wexford Opera Festival - Wexford Singers - Willison, David -
Associated Places Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rowe Street, Wexford Great Southern Hotel, Rosslare, Wexford Mr. Whites, Wexford Saddler Bar, White's Hotel, Wexford Theatre Royal, Wexford White's Hotel, Wexford Wexford
Associated Times 20th century - late 1971-1999
Associated Content Press Cuttings Posters Correspondence Tickets Flyers Leaflets
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